A woman walks past a stock quotation board at Maybank Kim Eng Securities Company in HCMC. The VN-Index of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange lost 2.26 points today – PHOTO: THANH HOA HCMC - The benchmark VN-Index of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange lost 2.26 points, or 0.19%, against the session earlier to close the day at 1,191.94 points today, January 18, with many bluechips sinking. … [Read more...] about VN-Index ends in the red as bluechips sink
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VN-Index inches down in week’s opening session
Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of around VND620 billion on all three bourses, with the net selling focused mostly on HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group (up 0.2 percent), SSI of SSI Securities Corporation and VHM of Vinhomes. … [Read more...] about VN-Index inches down in week’s opening session
General Department of Taxation accelerates collection from cross-border platforms
Dozen thousands of online businesses have yet to fulfil their tax obligation As of the end of 2020, about 15,000 YouTube channels in Vietnam have earned advertising revenue. However, only 30 per cent of them (about 5,000 units) have been paying tax, following the latest data published by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC). … [Read more...] about General Department of Taxation accelerates collection from cross-border platforms
Reference exchange rate up VND5 at week’s beginning
With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,835 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,447 VND/USD. … [Read more...] about Reference exchange rate up VND5 at week’s beginning
Thousands join blood donation festival in Hanoi
Hanoi (VNA) - Thousands of people, mainly youngsters and students, participated in “Chu nhat do 2021” (Red Sunday) blood donation festival, which opened at the Hanoi University of Technology in the capital city on January 17. With the theme "Donating blood to save people - Your Life and My Life", the annual event is organised by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Steering Committee for Traffic Safety and the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions (NIHBT). The annual event has become a meaningful humanitarian activity on a national scale, aiming to handle blood shortages during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Speaking at the event, Le Xuan Son, Editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong newspaper, Head of the Red Sunday 2021 organising committee, said that this year's Red Sunday was held early and will end later than every year with an aim to collect more blood for emergencies and treatment during and after the … [Read more...] about Thousands join blood donation festival in Hanoi
